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MUMBAI,  (Reuters) – India’s startling first-round  exit at the last World Cup is still regarded as one of the  greatest shocks in cricket and a fired-up Virender Sehwag wants  to make Bangladesh pay for eliminating them four years ago.

Newcomers Dr. Osmond Mack and Victor Dudnath will be entering Sunday’s Novices and Junior National Powerlifting Champion-ships in Corriverton with the aim of surpassing what they were doing during training.

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – It’s hard to pick a winner between Windward Islands and Guyana in their third round match of the WICB Regional first-class championship, starting today at the Arnos Vale Multi-Purpose Complex, because there are too many similarities.

Queen’s College with its contingent of 27 students was able to gather 11 medals from four events when the Barbados Relay ended in that country on Sunday.

(Barbados Nation) Effervescent fast bowler Tino Best has been recalled to the Barbados squad.The

President of the GRFU, Kit Nascimento said that in order for the National rugby Sevens team to win games at the IRB Sevens World Series in Las Vegas, United States, more preparation against higher levels of competition is required.

The pair of Vijay Deo and Carlos Adams came out on top of a field in Wednesday’s Oasis Café-sponsored Pairs Golf tournament at the Lusignan Golf Club.

Defending champion, Trophy Stall XI,  is slated to  defend its title in the GT&T 10/10 softball competition beginning tomorrow following a postponement on account of bad weather.

ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – West Indies have applied to World Cup organisers for Kirk Edwards and Devon Thomas to replace the injured pair of Adrian Barath and Carlton Baugh Jr.

National boxing coach Wincel Thomas for the next few months will have a busy schedule working with a group of prospective amateur boxers.

After more than a decade table tennis  returned to an old stopming ground in the form of the GuySuCo Training Centre at Port Mourant as the Guyana Table Tennis Association under dynamic president Henry Greene, continued its countrywide expansion programme.

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies have suffered two setbacks in their preparation for the World Cup.

Former president of the Georgetown Amateur Basketball Association (GABA), Trevor Rose said yesterday that he was neither prepared nor willing to run for the presidential post at GABA’s AGM and elections held last Sunday.

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, CMC – The Finals of the 2012 Digicel Caribbean Cup will be contested between June and July.

Colombo, Sri Lanka – West Indies captain Darren Sammy shares the view that spin bowling will play a major role in the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup.

Lance Armstrong formally announces retirement NEW YORK (Reuters) – Lance Armstrong, who recovered from  cancer to win the Tour de France a record seven times, formally  announced his retirement from cycling yesterday, a month  after his last race.

St John’s, Antigua – Two players were fined as a result of breaches following the first round of the ongoing WICB Regional 4 Day Tournament.

CHENNAI, (Reuters) – Indian batting, led by captain  Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s power hitting, forced New Zealand into  submission by piling on a massive total and earned the co-hosts  an easy 117-run win in the warm-up game yesterday.

FATULLAH, Bangladesh, (Reuters) – Stuart Broad’s  return to the England attack three days before the start of the Cricket World Cup has come none too soon for a side which still looks battle-worn and uninspired after its long Australian tour.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – Fourteen captains will lead their  teams into the World Cup with the governing body’s assurance  that they are more protected against umpiring howlers than any  of their predecessors.